Other Projects

Houses

Logiemill, Angus

The original two storey stone house was extended upwards to create new rooms at tree top height enjoying the sunshine and panoramic views. The contemporary addition to the house was prefabricated and craned into location to minimise the time the original house was exposed. A new external stair creates a main entrance at first floor level. The volume of the new space is stretched vertically into two pyramidal ceiling forms. External shutters provide degrees of solar shading and night time privacy

Langwood Barn, Peebles

Cedar House acted as the prototype for this house on an isolated site near the border between Scotland and England. Internal changes are made to the same structure and envelope. The double garage is taken out of the house and the extra space created in the house is shared between the living room and a large utility room. The external and internal finishes are tailored to fit the specifics of the site and the aspirations of the clients and their furnishings.

Belivat, Ardclach

Using Cedar House as the prototype, Belivat makes internal plan alterations, this time incorporating a library in place of the double garage. The house was largely prefabricated in factories and the complete build time from start to finish was nine weeks.

Lee House,St.George's Hill, Weybridge
Brian Taggart Associates - Tom Heneghan & Mark Walker

Amidst the heavily wooded and exclusive enclave of St. George's Hill's palatial pastiche dwellings, Lee House stands in cubical simplicity, it's initial reference being Ben Nicholson's sculpture at nearby Sutton Place. The roots of the plan lie in the conventional country house first seen in the late 19th century when the appreciation of garden, fresh air and sun became plan generators. Entry is from the north with two wings extending either side of a large double volume galleried hall, which looks south over the swimming pool courtyard and gardens.

Hancock House, East Horsley
Heneghan Walker

An existing 'L'shaped house estate cottage is doubled in size and made 'U' shaped. In the centre is built a double storey sun room with the 'spitfire' roof form and 'bulls horn rainwater pipes.

Cheyne Place, London
Walker Cox

A radical remodelling of an existing house. A large glass block window and rooflight illuminates a spiral stair placed centrally on the plan. The bathrooms are grouped around the stair and borrow light from the stair through smaller glass block panels.

Industrial

Kiddicraft, 1400 Aztec West, Bristol
Brian Taggart Associates - Mark Walker

The fitting out for a childrens toy manufacturer of a portion of a light industrial building. The architectural idea becomes the juggling of a series of brightly coloured simple shapes analogous to the toys in question. This develops and enlarges the vocabulary of coloured insertions into the neutral silver envelope that the shell building had established.

Richard Wilson Arts Centre, Wales.
Walker Cox

An existing country house and semi derelict stable block are converted into a residential Arts Centre. New buildings are added that mirror the simple forms of the stables and through repetition give the pitching roofs an enigmatic presence. glass and steel canopies slide over the slate roofs at entrance positions.

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